Put http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1739589.stm in citoid, and that generates:
{{Cite news|title = WTO intervenes in Havana rum clash|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1739589.stm|newspaper = BBC|date = 2002/01/02|access-date = 2015-04-11}}
The date= value is invalid. May be broken because it is an older page, but probably citoid should be validating output before it goes into the page.